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short-faced kangarooed adj. Having drunk enough to advance by determined bounds while regarding balance as a theoretical concern. short-falled adj. Sharpened by drink into falling short with admirable precision, particularly when reaching for the bar. short-finned eelled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and attempting every departure by smooth, brief wriggles. short-haired bumblebeed adj. You have drunk enough to pursue one chosen task noisily, repeatedly, and without consulting flowers. Tamesa got short-haired bumblebeed and buzzed between tables seeking a clean teaspoon. short-handed adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces every message to hurried symbols, including the apology. short-handednessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and suddenly aware that every capable hand has gone home. short-head seahorsed adj. You are drunk and proceeding backwards through the conversation, with no credible plan for returning. Evelet went short-head seahorsed and answered yesterday's question during the taxi ride. short-horned grasshoppered adj. Of a drinker: confidently leaping between subjects, with each landing treated as a considered conclusion. short-leggednessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the determined, low-slung gait of something built close to the ground. Vernetia went short-leggednessed and approached the bar with great stability and little height. short-lined chocolated adj. A drinker who mistakes every brown, moth-sized mark for an invitation to investigate it personally. Lorianna became short-lined chocolated and examined the pub's wallpaper for wing patterns. short-listed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to a short list of pubs, with last orders deciding the successful candidate. short-livednessed (/ˈʃɔːtˈlaɪvɪdnɪsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision is announced as permanent and revised within minutes. short-order cheffed adj. The state of being drunk and issuing rapid, simple instructions to a kitchen that has not been consulted. short-period cometed adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly approaches the same subject, confident that each pass is new. Delphene became short-period cometed and returned to the parking dispute before every course. short-sea shippinged adj. Loosened by drink into coastal traffic, making every nearby surface a viable route to another port. short-short storied adj. Drunk and composing fiction so abbreviated that the characters have scarcely entered before they depart.